"Mingshan, do you support Shen Xin to be the next premier?" Ruan Xihao was very straightforward. He had no intention of hiding anything at this time. The only person with a military background who had a chance of becoming a premier, or rather, a candidate that Vézé was grooming, was probably Shen Xin.
Wang Mingshan and Shen Xin's personal relationship did not need to be mentioned. He did not object to Shen Xin being the premier at all. However, Wang Mingshan still said bluntly, "I will listen to the commander-in-chief on this matter."
Ruan Xihao looked at Wang Mingshan with a slightly disappointed expression. After all, he was an old general. He did not say anything, but his bearing alone made Wang Mingshan feel a great deal of pressure. However, Wang Mingshan had no intention of giving in. He continued, "After the end of the second year of the five-year plan, there will be a change of government. Before the end of the five-year plan, there will be a new election in the central government. This system has already been set. When the government changes, I will definitely support Shen Xin. For now, I only listen to the commander-in-chief. "
It was already the 2nd of January 1885, and the three meetings were about to end. Even if no one did anything to Levis at this time, there would be a change of government in 1886. At that time, whether Levis could be re-elected would depend on the decision of the standing committee. Of course, if Vézé insisted on Levis being re-elected, it would be a different matter. If Vézé did not have this intention, just based on the degree of opposition that Levis was facing, it was already a matter of time before he stepped down.
"Mingshan, you are getting more and more crafty." Ruan Xihao laughed.
Wang Mingshan replied seriously, "I am not crafty. I will do whatever the commander-in-chief says. I have been like this for the past 30 years. I think it is not only me, but also Shen Xin. "
Seeing that Wang Mingshan was determined not to get involved in the competition, Ruan Xihao did not force Wang Mingshan. The position of the secretary of the central bank was detached. The Ministry of Finance was in charge of fiscal policy, and the central bank was in charge of monetary policy. Both departments were under the control of the State Council. Ruan Xihao had great influence in the military, but he couldn't interfere with the central bank. Therefore, Ruan Xihao might as well change the topic. "Mingshan, don't you think that the commander-in-chief still wants to support Levis?"
Wang Mingshan also spoke frankly, "Vice-President Nguyen, I think that the things that you have proposed are too tangled. If it was just to speed up immigration in North America, there was no need to go through so much trouble. If you really want to carry out ideological construction, that proposal is too simple. "
Ruan Xihao did not object to Wang Mingshan's opinion. He changed the subject. "You should know that the commander-in-chief wants to destroy the United States. This is probably our biggest plan so far."
Wang Mingshan nodded. The plan to attack the British military had gone too smoothly, and there had been a lot of reflection and discussion in the country. Everyone thought that they had overestimated the determination of the British in the beginning, and unilaterally thought that the British would fight a bloody war with China for the sake of the colonies. However, the British did not take the colonies seriously at all. In those areas where they were fighting, the British retreated with great strides.
Now, the two countries that China could fight were the United States and Russia. The other regions really lacked the attraction for China to attack. Not only was China like this, but the world's major powers were also similar. At the Berlin Conference that had just ended, the agreement of the countries could only be described as half-hearted. European countries did not have the ability to enter the interior of Africa on a large scale, so they let Belgium, a small country with a big nose, forcibly encircle nearly a million square kilometers of land in the interior of Africa. If the European powers had been a little more serious, they would not have ended up like this.
The Europeans could be careless, but China did not have this kind of plan. If they could divide the United States with the British, they would at least dismember the United States. China, who controlled the entire North Pacific, was bound to have an endless future. The war against the United States would be the last war in the lives of Ruan Xihao and the other old soldiers, and it would also be their real peak.
At least from Wang Mingshan's point of view, the conflict between Ruan Xihao and Levis was a disagreement on the national strategic level. When Levis was in Guangdong, he was famous in the army for slashing the military budget. It must be said that Wang Mingshan was actually very supportive of Levis's financial policy. He believed that before the end of the Fourth or Fifth Plan, or even the Fifth Plan, it was not suitable for China to fight the United States.
Being in the eye of the storm, Shen Xin was not afraid because of this. Being pushed passively by others, he would only become a chess piece on someone else's chessboard. Even if Shen Xin was not a chess player, he was far from falling to the point of being someone else's chess piece. At this time, Shen Xin, the Minister of the Organization Department, Wei Changrong, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Li Xin, and the Minister of Industry, Pang Congcong, were having a small meeting.
The current Vice Premier, Shen Xin, said frankly, "I have to say first, I don't want to discuss it in this way if I can. It's best to talk about it face to face in a meeting. "
Pang Congcong couldn't help but smile bitterly. Shen Xin was a few years younger than Pang Congcong, but he could speak like an old man. It was difficult for Pang Congcong to comment on this. But one thing was clear, Shen Xin was speaking from the bottom of his heart. Having a small meeting was something that the Restoration Party had always opposed, and it was something that the Restoration Party had never been able to eliminate. But this kind of thing was so ridiculous.
It wasn't that no one had ever suffered in this aspect. Wei Ze had never been lenient when it came to setting up a "secret center," but when it came to a critical juncture, everyone would always form their own cliques and form temporary gangs. Because the people who provoked the trouble had to collude first, so whether they wanted to keep the peace or fight tit-for-tat, they had to be organized. This was what was taught in the "Organization Engineering" course in the Party School and cadre school. The organized could always defeat the unorganized.
However, to dare to hold this meeting in front of Wei Changrong, one must have enough courage. Wei Changrong, who was in charge of the Organization Department, had frightening power. The Organization Department could decide the fate of officials. Including officials of Shen Xin's level.
Shen Xin made his position clear. "Some people don't agree with Premier Levis's policy and hope to change the current strategy of peace. I support the strategy of peace. This is not the time for war. If the foreign devils send their faces to us for us to slap, that's one thing. If they are willing to be honest, we naturally hope to use the peaceful period to develop our own strength as much as possible. The war has been going on for too long, and we need to rest. We need to catch our breath. "
Wei Changrong was calm and listened without any expression. Pang Congcong agreed with Shen Xin's view. In the past 20 or 30 years, regardless of whether the war was fierce or not, the country had always been on the track of "everything for victory, everything for war." If they wanted to develop the economy, they naturally had to take the peaceful route. No war did not mean peace. Peace was a stage where the highest guideline was to avoid war. At least until the end of the Berlin Conference on the division of Africa, China was not in peace.
Foreign Minister Li Xin spoke. "When I came back from Berlin and reported to His Majesty, His Majesty said that in the future, China will take the initiative to launch a war at most once. The country should take the peaceful route and prepare for the future domination of the world. "
Pang Congcong listened to the two men talk about their positions, and she felt a little nervous. If according to what the two men said, there was such a group of core personnel who were willing to support Vézé's peaceful route, then who was the one who advocated for war behind the scenes? On the surface, the current situation was still just a debate about social development. Levis believed that there should not be a new set of dead standards, and that the people should be trusted to pursue the direction of progress. The Premier of the Min dynasty was not even afraid of offending people, and quoted Vézé's saying, "There are only backward leaders, not backward masses."
As for the opposite, Ruan Xihao quoted another sentence from Vézé, "If the broom doesn't reach, the dust won't run away by itself."
As for whether the change of social mores should be regulated or promoted, the positions of the two sides seemed to be incompatible like fire and water.
In the eyes of Shen Xin, this debate became a conflict between "war policy" and "peace policy." Pang Congcong had to admit that Shen Xin had a more thorough view.
If it had been in the past, Vézé would have come out to speak in person. But now Vézé just held the basic democratic system of the party tightly, and everyone could express their views. There was no direct leading approach like Vézé in the past. Pang Congcong felt very uncertain. What did Vézé think about the motives behind these things?
Shen Xin continued, "Now the first task is to maintain the system. No matter what the results of the specific discussion are, the system and unity must not be destroyed. I'm not saying that Levis must be the Premier, I just think that rash action is too dangerous. The current practice is not stipulated by the system. "
Wei Changrong spoke at this time, "We have a recall system. So far, I haven't seen anyone use means outside the system."
"I think they want to force Levis to step down himself." Shen Xin said.
Wei Changrong chuckled, "They want to force Levis to step down himself. If Levis doesn't move, what can they do to Levis? Even if they ask the Central Committee to hold a meeting and finally remove Levis, this is also the proper procedure of the organization. But we rarely have such a situation before. Even if it does happen, it is only in the lower levels. "
Pang Congcong felt that Wei Changrong was too dogmatic. She couldn't help but say, "In that situation, it is basically the leader who wants to dismiss his subordinates. At least I don't know of any leader who was directly dismissed by the Party Committee. "
Pang Congcong, who had rich administrative experience, came out to speak, and the other three did not say anything more. But Pang Congcong keenly felt that these three people had something in their hearts that they did not say. Logically speaking, at this level, they should be able to figure out the problem on their own. However, there were too many possibilities that Pang Congcong could think of now. At this time, it was really difficult to determine what the real reason for this matter was.
With Pang Congcong's experience, she no longer guessed on her own. Instead, she said frankly to everyone, "I now feel that there is a lot more than what is on the surface. But I don't understand it, but everyone understands it. I now ask for everyone to tell me a good thing. Please fulfill my request. "
The other three looked at each other. There was sympathy in their eyes, but also helplessness. In the end, it was Shen Xin who said after some deliberation, "I think so. Too many people have reached the age of retirement. You also know that once the people in our system leave, the tea will be cold. "
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